Monday, September 12, 2016

2016 Northern Ireland Tour

September
7th-11th we were blessed to fly to Northern Ireland for
our first tour there as a ministry!Saturday night we sang at the Armagh City Hotel and Sunday at New Dawn Church.As Randy says, We were absolutely spoiled this weekend!

Thursday we had the honor to visit, and have tea
with, Councilor Audrey Wales MBE, Mayor of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

Mark signing the guestbook.

On
Friday, our hosts took us to the North Coast to see the sights.There, we saw Carrick-a-Rede.It was a little windy but we had a great
time!If you follow us on Instagram,
you can watch a short video of us
walking across the bridge and see a glimpse of the beautiful scenery
yourself!(If you’re using the MTQ app,
just tap on the “Photos” tab and scroll until you see the video.)We want to thank Charles Robinson for making
sure we were able to visit this wonderful sight!

Friday
was also Randy’s birthday!We celebrated
with our hosts and new friend, Linda, who was also celebrating her
birthday.

While
we were in Northern Ireland, Nick wrote a thought provoking Facebook post on
September 11th and what it was like to spend the 15th
Anniversary of this day in a foreign land.

“We
all remember where we were, and what we were doing, when we heard about the
horrible attack on our country 15 years ago today.This is the first time I have ever been to a
foreign country outside of North America, and coincidentally, it has fallen on
September 11th.While some of
our own are disrespecting our nation’s flag, stepping on it, burning it, and
refusing to stand for it, the fine people in Northern Ireland waved it in this
morning’s service.They held a lengthy
moment of silence in honor of those who were murdered that day and prayed for
the surviving family members.It is
encouraging and refreshing to see the respect that was displayed by those who
didn’t have to.I wish more Americans
were like them.” – Nick

Thank
you Northern Ireland for a memorable weekend!We made new lifelong friends and were blessed beyond measure by our time
there!

“I am overly blessed tonight!!!The sweet people at New Dawn in Northern
Ireland absolutely spoiled us this weekend!!!We have never been treated better.We came hoping to be a blessing but instead were the ones blessed.I’ve never made a deeper connection with
anyone so quickly!!!We love and
appreciate you all!!!Thank you!!!”- Randy